WEBVTT TOM: THE PLANE LANDED IN ACHICKEN COUP, THROWN INTO THISRIO LINDA BACKYARD AFTER FLYINGINTO POWER LINESLIVECOPTER 3 ALSO SHOWING ITTOOK OUT SEVERAL TREES.>> IT JUST KIND OF HIT THEM ANDKIND OF FLUNG THE PLANE AROUND,YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, AND PIECESWERE FALLING OFF.TOM: DEBBIE BECKNELL LIVES NEXTDOOR AND WATCHED IN HORRORBEFORE RUSHING IN.>> EVERYBODY JUST LIKE TORE DOWNTHE FENCE, AND WE WENT THROUGHAND THERE WAS NO FLAME, THEREWASN'T EVEN NO GAS SMELL, JUSTWE WENT OVER THERE AND HE WASJUST LAYING THERE DEAD I GUESS.TOM: THE PEOPLE INSIDE A NEARBYHOUSE UNINJURED.>> THEY HEARD THE CRASH, IN FACTI BELIEVE THEY WERE PROBABLY THECALLERS, BUT NOBODY WAS INJUREDINSIDE.TOM: ACCORDING TO THE FAA THEPLANE IS A FOUR SEATEREXPERIMENTAL LANCAIR IV-P BUILTFROM A KIT.IT CRASHED JUST AFTER THREE IN-- 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON TWOBLOCKS NORTH OF MCCLELLANAIRFIELD.>> I HAD A FEELING ONE DAYSOMETHING LIKE THAT WAS GOING TOHAPPEN.JUST CAUSE I LIVE RIGHT HERE ANDTHE PLANE IS ALWAYS COMES RIGHTOVER TOP OF ME, EVERY DAY.TOM: WITH THE WIRES DOWN 42NEIGHBORS INITIALLY LOST POWER.JESSICA REED'S CHILDREN WERESTAYING NEXT DOOR WHEN SHERECEIVED A CALL AT WORK ABOUTTHE ACCIDENT.>> IF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ANOTHER300 FEET IT WOULD HAVE HIT THEHOUSE.THAT'S JUST REALLY CLOSE TO HOMEYOU KNOW.TOM: FROM REED'S VANTAGE POINT

A pilot died Thursday afternoon after his small plane crashed in a Sacramento County neighborhood, the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department said.

The pilot, identified as Marshall Michaelian, 71, was the only person on board and was found unresponsive. Medical personnel pronounced him dead at the scene.

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The plane crashed about 3 p.m. in the backyard of a Rio Linda home near 28th and U streets, the Sacramento Metro Fire Department said. The plane hit a chicken coop when it went down just a few miles north of McClellan Airfield.

Several people were inside a home on the property when the plane crashed but no one was hurt.